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Beth brightens up your Saturday with a dose of tunes, laughs and caffeine!

Beth brightens up your Saturday with a healthy dose of tunes, laughs and caffeine! This week's show features jams from Bikini Mutants, The Chords, Altered Images, Suzi Quatro and much more! Beth plays listener Gabi’s submission for a Polish-language classic, as well as some Little Simz, requested by listener Emma. Her Matter of Life and Beth is a radical feminist punk track by the British band Huggy Bear, and this week’s Caffeine Kick packs a punch with music from The Julie Ruin, The Rezillos and ESG. If you have any requests for the Caffeine Kick, or you’d like to get in touch with the show, get in touch at bethditto@bbc.co.uk.

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Music Played

  • Happy Mondays

    Step On

    • Now 17, Part 1 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Whodini

    Friends

    • X-Ray Records.

  • Kris Okotie

    I Need Someone

    • Phonodisk.

  • Bikini Mutants

    Arcadia

    • sealedrecords.

  • Alabama Shakes

    I Feel Hope Coming

    • Island.

  • Hotel Ugly

    I Think I Left the Stove On

    • Amuseio AB.

  • Suzi Quatro

    The Wild One

    • The Very Best of Suzi Quatro.
    • Chrysalis Records.
    • 6.

  • Strawberry Switchblade

    Trees and Flowers

    • Strawberry Switchblade.
    • Domino Recording Co.
    • 17.

  • The Breeders

    Divine Hammer

    • 4 A.D..

  • The Everly Brothers

    When Will I Be Loved

    • Sleepless Nights, Vol. 1.
    • Top Tracks.
    • 14.

  • Huggy Bear

    Herjazz

    • Wiiija Records.

  • Show Me the Body

    Do What's Right (Happy)

    • Loma Vista.

  • Etta James & Sugar Pie DeSanto

    In The Basement, Part One

    • Kent.

  • Sparks

    Lucky Me, Lucky You

    • Lil' Beethoven.

  • Dolly Mixture

    Our Tune

    • Dolly Mixture.

  • Altyrone Deno Brown

    Sweet Pea

    • Numero Group.

  • The Julie Ruin

    Ha Ha Ha

    • Bikini Kill Records.

  • The Rezillos

    Top Of The Pops

    • Now That's What I Call An Era: Sound Of The Suburbs (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • ESG

    You Make No Sense

    • Moody Records.

  • Portishead

    Glory Box

    • (CD Single).
    • Go Beat.

  • The Chords

    Maybe Tomorrow

    • Metronome.

  • Teena Marie

    Square Biz

    • Jobete Music Co Inc.

  • The Strokes

    Going Shopping

    • Cult Records/RCA Records.

  • Altered Images

    I Could Be Happy

    • Hits Of The 80's - Various Artists.
    • Columbia.

  • Big Star

    Thirteen

    • Ardent.

  • Pixies

    Here Comes Your Man

    • 4 A.D..

  • Lene Lovich

    Lucky Number

    • Fantastic 70's (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Saâda Bonaire

    You Could Be More As You Are

    • BWSCD, INc. d/b/a SC Distribution.

  • Dahi

    Running (feat. Childish Gambino)

    • Alter Music.

  • Slayyyter

    CANNIBALISM!

    • LLC/Columbia Records.

  • Ssion

    Earthquake

    • Three One G.

  • Toni Braxton

    You're Makin' Me High

    • LaFace Records LLC.

  • Little Simz

    Free

    • AWAL.

  • Maanam

    Kocham cię, kochanie moje

    • Warner Music Poland.

  • Fred Wesley & The J.B.’s

    Doing It To Death

    • Polydor.

  • Jessica Pratt

    Night Faces

    • Headestry.

  • Agnes Obel

    Myopia (Live from National Sawdust, Brooklyn, NY)

    • Blue Note.

  • Split Enz

    I Got You

    • NOW - 80s Alternative (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Eurythmics

    Who's That Girl?

    • Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • Ramones

    Needles And Pins

    • Live at My Father's Place, 1982 (FM Radio Broadcast).
    • Marmot Music.
    • 10.

  • New Age Steppers

    Fade Away

    • New Age Steppers.
    • On-U Sound.
    • 1.

  • Surusinghe

    Party Criminal (feat. Warrior Queen)

    • dh2.

  • Nu Genea

    People of the Moon

    • People of the Moon.
    • NG Records.
    • 6.

  • Kedr Livanskiy

    Your Need (твоя беда)

    • Your Need.
    • 2MR.
    • 1.

  • 10lec6

    NSOTCHING (Mad Rey Slower Mix)

    Remix Artist: Mad Rey.
    • 10LEC6 - Grand Musique Management.

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